Washing-machine.



PATENTED NOV. 5, 1907.

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APPLIOATION FILED APB. 18,1906.

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GEORGE SIEWERT, OF BROOKLYN, IOWA.

WASHING-MACHINE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 5, 1907.

Application led April 18, 1906. Serial No. 312,363.

To all whomvz't may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE SIEWERT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Poweshiek and State of Iowa, have invented a cer-'` tain new and useful Washing-Machine, of which the following is a specication.

The object of my invention is to provide a washing machine of simple, durable and inexpensive construction designed to be operated with a minimum of applied power and designed to have the power applied in quickly and thoroughly.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of the device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained,

as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichi Figure 1 shows an end elevation of a washing machine embodying my invention. Fig, 2 shows a plan view of same. The dotted lines show the tilting supporting beam, and Fig. 3 shows a side elevation of the machine with parts of the machine body broken away to show the construction.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, I have used the reference numeral 10 to indicate the machine base. Mounted on the machine base near diametrically opposite corners are two uprights 11. These uprights are for the purpose of supporting a tilting beam` 12 having the journals 13 on its ends extended through the uprights 1l, this beam is arranged at an angle of about 45 degrees, relative to the sides of the base.

The machine body is of oblong rectangular shape and is extended parallel with the base and supported wholly upon a tilting beam 12. It comprises a bottom 14, ends 15, sides 16 and top 17. 'In the top is a detachable cover 18 and on the interior of the machine are the ribs 19 of triangular shape. At one end of the machine body is a handle 20 and arranged at points substantially at right angles to the tilting beams 12 are the contractible coil springs 21 with their upper endsxed to the screw eyes 22 on the washing machine body and .their lower ends fixed to the loop 23 on the base. These springs are of the same size and resiliency and on account of their arrangement on opposite sides ot' the tilting beam 12,they normally balance each other and hold the machine body in its horizontal position.

However, when the machine body is tilted, as for instance by the handle 20, one spring is contracted and its tension released, while the other spring is extended and its tension increased, so that when the handle is y released, the machine body will swing from side to side by the resiliency of the spring and will keep up this motion for a comparative long time. I have also provided means for firmly locking'the machine body in its hori- Zontal position as follows: The numeral 24 indicates a t hook pivoted to one end of the base and designed to a way convenient for the operator to wash clothes f enter the eye 25 on the machine body. When the hook is in engagement with the eye, it will firmly support the body against tilting movement,

In practical use and assuming that the machine body is partially filled with water and clothes, then the hook 24 is released and the operator manipulates the, handle 20 which handle is located at one of the corners that is substantially at right angles to the tilting beam 12. Then by applying power to this handle to move it either up or down or alternately in both directions, the machine body is tilted so that the water and clothes move in the body from one corner of the body to the diametrically opposite one and during this movement, they will rub against the ribs 19 in the body. This tilting movement of the machine body in a diagonal direction serves much more eliciently to clean clothes than a movement from end to end or from side to side and by having the springs arranged on opposite sides of the machine body and substantially at right angles to the tilting supporting beam, the machine body may be operated with a minimum of applied power.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States, therefor is- In a washing machine comprising a base, a rock shaft supported upon the base, a Washing machine body of oblong rectangular form xed to the rock shaft, with its sides arranged at an angle of approximately 45 degrees relative to the rock shaft, counter-balancing springs fixed to the base and to the body portion substantially at right angles to the rock shaft, and an operating' handle fixed to one of the corners of the machine body farthest removed from the ends of the rock shaft.

Des Moines, Iowa, April 3, 1906.

GEORGE SIEWERT.

Witnesses JNO. F. TALBOTT, FRANK R. TALBOTT. 

